January Light: Stirling Castle
A duo of square skies seen from Stirling Castle – late afternoon and early evening sunlight. Inside the castle, there was plenty of candlelight and firelight – both artificial, but still square.
Linked to Becky’s January Squares Challenge – words ending in light.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
I loved sterling castle thanks for sharing this
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Thanks Kelly!
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Really interesting photos, Anabel. Impressive on how you carried the theme throughout this post.
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Thanks! For this one, I had the advantage of knowing what I was looking for and took pictures accordingly. It was just last weekend. Most other photos are old ones adapted.
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Excellent photographs. I wont even comment of costs or anything (whatever they are) since it’s been too many years since I had my (young) children at Stirling Castle. .
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I looked it up just out of interest – it’s £16 for an adult, £9.60 for a child. That would be an expensive outing these days!
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Just relayed that information to my Annabell and her gast was flabbered. Her comment was that it was still free when we were there :o)
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I’m glad we have our Historic Scotland membership – we definitely get value for money from it.
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OK, I have to see this castle! I love the ceilings and am glad that the lights are fake otherwise parts of the ceiling would get blackened by the candlelight. I love the red/burgundy stenciling and the old candlelabra.
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They have restored it to what they think it would have been like in the 16th century. It’s very colourful!
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Great photos. We’ve been to Stirling and did the long walk up to the castle but didn’t actually go in. It was pretty busy and I think a bit pricey for the couple of hours we had available. Maybe when we have a bit longer next time.
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I love it, and as we have Historic Scotland membership we can pop in for free any time. We thought this would be a short visit but we were there 3 hours!
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I’ve been there! They were almost finished restoring the great hall and it was gorgeous.
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Yes, I love the way they have done all the colours as it would have been in the 16th century.
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Used to be a lot cheaper than Edinburgh Castle. Luckily, I got in for free last open day. Stirling is a cracking wee place to explore.
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It is – and relatively quiet on a cold Sunday.
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You have me mildly jealous. I never made it to Stirling 😦 😦
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Always worth a visit, though I don’t suppose you’ll ever be back in those parts.
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Hi Anabel – I’d love to see the restored castle after the skeletal finds … lovely photos … cheers Hilary
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Thanks Hilary!
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All just perfect.
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Thank you!
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Sterling from Stirling, indeed!!
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Indeed! 😀
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What a sterling collection 😉
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Puntastic!
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Lovely photographs Anabel. I have fond memories of school in Stirling, growing up in the village of Kippen. The castle was always a mighty sight and often visited.
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Wonderful! I love visiting Stirling. The beauty of being Historic Scotland members is that we can pop in frequently without feeling the need to “do” the whole castle.
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Great photo’s Anabel, I’m just reading a book where Margaret, Henry Tudor’s sister was staying in Stirling castle when she was Scotland’s Queen. You’ve now helped me visualise where she stayed. Wonderful
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We took loads more photos which will appear at some point after this challenge – though the Royal Palace where the lights are was built by Margaret Tudor’s son, James V, so she probably lived in something slightly less grand.
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Artificial light! Marvellous 😁 You must have a lot of lights in your digital shoebox!
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These were just taken on Sunday so I was actively looking! Until Liesbet commented below, I hadn’t thought of making artificial-light one of my terms. You might have accused me of over-egging the pudding if I had!
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Who me? 🙄
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Yup!
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😭
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Seeing Stirling Castle mentioned brings back happy childhood memories when I spend summers with my cousins in Stirling and we used to ‘play’ unsupervised at the castle, which wasn’t too far from their house. I can’t imagine that happening these days!
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No, times have definitely changed! Stirling is my favourite “big” castle – I much prefer it to Edinburgh.
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I haven’t visited Stirling Castle for years, though I see it every time I’m in Scotland now, but I always think of it as a more down to earth, friendly place than Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle seems much more formal. But that could just be because of happy childhood associations.
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I’ll have to give Edinburgh Castle another go. It’s been years and i might think differently.
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Aha! Artificial light. I don’t think you had that one yet. You’re amazing, keeping up with the challenge every day. It’s a fun one. 🙂
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I never thought of making artificial-light one of my terms! Missed a trick there. I’m as surprised as you are that I’m remembering to do this everyday. Only 9 more to go!
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It’s not as much remembering as being determined and finding the right photos and topics, I think! That must be so time consuming.
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It’s easier than you might think! I looked out some photos at the beginning of the year and some have been added since (eg today’s were taken on Sunday with this in mind). Then it’s just a few minutes each morning to put a post together while I’m having breakfast. Multitasking!
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